The ThinkSystem RAID 9350 family of internal 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers are high-performance low-cost RAID-on-chip (ROC) adapters that are designed and manufactured by Lenovo. These adapters support all major RAID levels including RAID-6 and RAID-60, and include support for Lenovo management tools.
- PCIe 3.0 x8 host interface
- Two (8i adapter) or four (16i adapter) connectors to the drive backplanes
- Two adapter form factors: Low-profile PCIe adapter with broad server compatibility; Custom form-factor, designed to not consume a standard PCIe slot
- 12 Gbps SAS/SATA RAID controllers, based on the Adaptec SmartRAID 3152-8i and SmartRAID 3154-16i
- 2GB (8i) or 4GB (16i) of integrated flash-backed cache
- Connectivity for up to 8 (8i) or 16 (16i) internal SAS or SATA drives
- Support for intermixing SAS and SATA HDDs and SSDs. Mixing SAS and SATA drives in the same array is not supported. Mixing of HDDs and SSDs in the same array is not supported.
- Support for intermixing of 12 Gbps and 6 Gbps drives.
- Standard support for RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60, RAID 1 Triple, and RAID 10 Triple
- Support for JBOD (non-RAID, called "raw" or "HBA mode" in Adaptec parlance) drive state
